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M. H. RYDER. HAT 0R. BONNET.

No. 280,331. Patented June26, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN H. RYDER, or STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

HAT OR BONNET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,331, dated June 26, 1883.

Application filed June 4, 1883. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, MARTIN H. RYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stamford, in the county of Fairfield and State of My invention relates to the manufacture of articles made from strands of material--as, for instance, straw braid; and it consists in an article-as, for instance, a hat or bonnetmade by sewing overlapping strands of material together in such a manner that the stitches are concealed, or nearly so, on the right side of the goods.

For the purpose of enabling those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to understand and make my improved article of manufacture, I will proceed to describe the same, referring by letters to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 is a plan view of two strands of braid stitched together in my improved manner. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of strands stitched together in this manner, showing the manner in which the needle strikes the overlapping strand and the direction of the seam through both strands. Fig. 3 is a plan View of strands sewed together in the ordinary manner. Fig 4 is a sectional view, showing the direction of the seam through the strands when sewed in the ordinary manner. Figs. 5 and 6 show a completed bonnet or hat made of below the upper surface and passes diagonally through the lower corner of said upper strand,

the point at which it passes out on the under side being sufficient distance from the edgeto insure the seam taking firm hold of the material and render tearing out an absolute impos sibility. The I seam passes directly through the lower strand, substantially as in the ordinary style of stitching.

It has always been a serious objection to hats made of straw braid and other material in the shape of strands that the stitches showed plainly on the right side. If white thread is used, it soon gets soiled and gives the hat a dingy and old appearance. If colored thread is used, the color soon fades out, if exposed to either sun or rain, and the hat often has to be cast aside for that reason alone. My inv'ention obviates this objection entirely, as the stitches do not show at all on the right side, but lie along the edge of the strands below the upper surface, so that in looking down upon ahat or bonnet made in this manner the stitches are not visible, except upon close inspection, and do not mar the appearance of the hat, as

when the strands are sewed together in the ordinary manner.

It will of course be apparent that it is not an essential feature of my invention that the lower strand shall be flat and the upper strand of material sewed together with a concealed or nearly-concealed stitch, substantially as described.

2. An article made of strands sewed together with stitches which enter the upper strandupon the outer edge, below the upper surface thereof.

3. An article made of strands sewed together with stitches which enter the upper strand upthe edge thereof, and thenidirectly through the on the outer edge, below the upper surface lower strand, substantially as described. IO thereof, and pass diagonally into and through In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in said strand. presence of two witnesses. 5 4. An article made by stitching overlapping MARTIN H. RYDER.

strands together, the stitches entering the up- Vitnesses: per strand upon its edge and passing out the JAMES WALLACE, lower side of said strand, some distance from A. M. \VOOSTER.

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